Bless your heart. This Alzheimer’s situation is new to me concerning my husband. But his mother had it and I helped with her before she passed away in 2019. She refused to eat also. Our dr said she was not recognizing hunger. She seemed to drink better than eat so we got the ensure type drinks and she did ok with that. We gave her yogurt and she loved ice cream. We got the healthiest ice cream and would let her have it. But we had to be persistent in giving it to her. I made up cute little songs about the food we gave her. She would smile and then accept the food. She did not eat a lot at the time so we spread all the food out over the day. I realize all situations are different so I would contact dr if this continues. Will pray for you and her today. Bless you 🙏🏻❤️

My wife will eat but very little, no spicy food and she picks through whatever I cook. Anything that looks foreign at all she pulls off to the side. Her mother who also had Dementia did the same thing. So far she is eating enough but I see her heading the same direction as what she will eat is being narrowed down consistently. I don't know what the answer is to increase your wife's eating habits, maybe someone else on this site has found something that works and will respond. It sounds like she is pretty far along in decline, especially if she doesn't know who you are. Some of her not eating what you prepare is not trusting you. My wife has a bad case of paranoia and fears many things, including what is in her food.

I guess I'd say what I'd say to the parent of a toddler who was refusing to eat. When she gets hungry enough she'll eat, so have healthy stuff available for her. Fruit, maybe.

That said, I'm a newcomer to Alzheimer's and maybe she won't recognize hunger. So I'd check with her doctor.

Hang in there, my friend.

Jeanne Anne

I take frozen berries and strawberries and bananas and put them in a blender with a little bit of 2% milk and about two tablespoons of protein powder and make it kind of thick so that they think it's ice cream my mom loves ice cream sometimes I have to add a little bit of flavor or something to it so I'll add a dash of flavoring like vanilla or caramel sugar free of course. It is comfort food for her she thinks it's stuff she shouldn't be eating because it's ice cream but it's not it's fruit and milk and a little bit of protein and some flavoring it works for a while and then slowly started adding more things like yogurt with fruit in it. And then the jello jello with fruit sugar-free. One week she loves it the next week she don't but it kind of gives a little bit of nutrition when they're not eating until they get ready to eat again sometimes I think it's just rebellion sometimes I just put a bowl of fruit or veggies near her and she sneaks it or so she thinks. It works for now something you might try just know if it doesn't work now 2 or 3 months it may work never give up on something.

Food can be a complicated situation. Dad still can be a little difficult about meals but i dont pay attention to his ‘this is enough for an army’ comments anymore. We give him his meals on a tv tray and just keep it moving. 9 times out of 10 he eats it all. He is much kinder when not hungry. He has gained a very neccesary 10 lbs. We keep it balanced and healthy, but anything sweet is always a hit (also Boost)Good luck!